It's been a long time coming - and probably going no-where BUT today, after first being (sort of ) tried in 1974 ! From Buzzfeed "The last time the full Senate voted on ENDA was in 1996, when the legislation contained only sexual orientation and not gender identity protections and the bill failed 49-50. The bill was voted on as part of the Senate’s consideration and eventual passage of the Defense of Marriage Act. The House passed a similar sexual orientation-only version of ENDA in 2007, but the Senate did not consider it and President George W. Bush opposed it."
The SENATE passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, landmark civil rights legislation that would make it illegal to discriminate against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The final vote tally , after failing to pass an amendment on " religious freedom" that would have just gutted the bill and the vote for cloture was 64 -32.
TEN REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR THE BILL
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